Beyond the Brain
When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms that we do. But as Beyond the Brain indicates, this is a dangerous assumption because animals have different evolutionary trajectories, ecological niches, and physical attributes. How do these differences influence animal thinking and behavior? Removing our human-centered spectacles, Louise Barrett investigates the mind and brain and offers an alternative approach for understanding animal and human cognition. Drawing on examples from animal behavio…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4008-3834-9
- EAN: 9781400838349
- Produktnummer: 13923490
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
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Louise Barrett
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